How easy it is to forget what life in the NFL used to be. Salaries aren’t what they used to be. Doug Plank, safety for a not so great Bears team was once tongue lashed by his head coach for missing a tackle on an aging OJ Simpson, playing his final season with the 49ers- “Plank, we pay you $65,000 to make that tackle.” Plank replied, “Coach, the 49ers pay OJ $450,000 to break that tackle.” Most players back then not only had to think about what they would do to feed their families when their careers came to an end, but also had jobs during the off-season.
The day the Steelers came to town taught this writer more than Xs and Os
